Posted on 05/29/2002 7:10:54 AM PDT by GrandMoM
Snotty Girl Scout: "Is that lemonade made from real lemons?"
Wednesday: "Are those cookies made from real Girl Scouts?"
They forgot to mention the "Ms. Kiss-it" badge for fellating a pro-abortion politician.
From what I remember of school, from the first grade all the way through college, teachers will always call on the students who they feel don't know the answers.
I was at work one day. The tv was on and a commercial came on showing a white woman with a black baby. A black co-worker said, they are trying to do away with white and black and make everyone one color. He was right.
....your attitude alarms me because, at first while reading your profile it appeared you were a very devoted and perceptive man ,then I eyed the fact you are working with at risk young men.
....May I ask is your attitude the same when working with them, as your statement here and what you are telling them the alternative is?
Talk about naive - I don't even remember thinking some of my leaders were "less than feminine!" While most of the leaders were mothers, some were single college students; the meetings and camp-outs were fun, and that issue never came up at all.
But then, even if they were a little "off" I probably wouldn't have recognized the signs. I still have trouble picking up on them, unless the person is really flaming. As a kid, if they were there, they went right over my head.
We don't discuss it, and part of my attitude stems from my observation of many parents and the girlfriends of these young men.
When you buy any product from a Boy Scout, none of it goes to the BSA's National Council. If you buy the popcorn, approximately 1/3 goes to the manufacturer of the popcorn, 1/3 to the Pack or Troop the Scout belongs to, and 1/3 to the local Council.
The local Council uses it to pay their staff (both full time and seasonal summer camp), maintain their properties (repair the dining hall, etc.), and purchase program materials (new canoes for summer camp, etc.). If you'd like to see a breakdown of how the money works in your local Council, call them up and ask for a copy of their Annual Report.
The Troop or Pack will use their money to buy camping equipment or other program materials. This can get expensive. The tents we buy for our unit cost about $240 each for two young men to use. Sure, we could buy the $89 special from Wal-Mart, but then what happens when you have a thunderstorm? It collapses, the kids get soaked, and they'll never come out on a campout again. Unlike GSUSA units, BSA Troops have to go camping, it's part of the program. A good Troop goes camping at least 9 weekends in the year, plus a week of summer camp. So they all have their own gear. GSUSA units generally don't camp all that much (they can if they want to, but the program doesn't require it), so they usually have no need to invest in the equipment. The local GSUSA Council thus stocks the equipment needed.
By the way, other fundraisers that a BSA unit runs, like a Troop selling Christmas trees, don't include the local Council. For example, we sell wreaths. Half the money goes to the manufacturer. Of the other half, half of that goes to the Troop's general funds, and the other half (1/4 of the price) goes to the Scout's "Scout Account". We keep this money separate on the unit's books, and the Scout can use it for uniforming, camp fees, camping equipment, hiking boots, etc.
If you want to teach your daughters moral relativism, send them to the Girl Scouts.
My daughter would be safer morally (and physically) with a bunch of Boy Scouts than with a bunch of Girl Scouts.
The Girls Scouts are going to end up rejected by most parents, once those parents learn the truth.
My beautiful, wonderful, classy wife, and the mother of my three extraordinary children, is Asian. But I think there are some American women with similar qualities as well. Good luck!!! (But don't go looking at a Girl Scouts meeting!)
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